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Romance Reader at Heart in conjunction with Penguin Putnam announces the following new and upcoming releases. Read what we think about these books in our Novel Thoughts and Ponderings Review webpages!
Coming October 2008:
"MYSTERIA LANE" by MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant, Gena Showalter & P.C. Cast ISBN: 9780425222942 (BERKLEY)
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Centuries ago, the Demon Lord of Self-Doubt and Second Thoughts created the town of Mysteria...
Located in the picturesque mountains of Colorado, it's where the supernatural co-exists with the natural. It's a town of bewitching seduction, dark magic, and sensual demons.
The ladies of Mysteria wouldn't have it any other way...
Glory, witch of love, wants her man. Unfortunately, he barely knows she exists. Until a magic pen brings to life her creative fantasies of seduction, sex, and delicious revenge... In a town of bloodsucking vampires, a vegan like Summer can have trouble adapting. But Colin Vlad has what it takes to change a woman's mind-not to mention her appetite... Shay, Satan's most devoted emissary, levels disaster on the world like a real pro. Now, she's come to Mysteria with a hot new job, and giving grave new meaning to the term Nanny from Hell ...The Desdain Triplets may look like little angels, but a new man in town is bringing out the devil in one of them.
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"MERCURY'S WAR" by Lora Leigh ISBN: 9780425224182 (BERKLEY)
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There's trouble brewing at Sanctuary. Someone has been slipping secure information to a pharmaceutical company. Now it's up to Ria Rodriquez to pose as a clerk and uncover the leak. And she has no idea of the danger she's about to encounter.
Years ago, Mercury Warrant—who, according to his file, is one of the greatest Breeds ever created—thought he lost his mate, and he's had to live with the idea that he'll never know true bonding. Then he's tapped to protect the mysterious Ria—and finds himself falling in love.
But Ria is a woman of many secrets, and she fears being consumed by her feelings for Mercury. Little does she know that she has every right to be afraid. Because the woman believed to be Mercury's true mate is back from the grave, and she's not about to let Ria—or anyone else—get in her way...
"POWER PLAY" by Deirdre Martin ISBN: 9780425224519 (BERKLEY)
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A leading soap opera actress, Monica Geary is good at faking it. But pretending to fall for NHL star and notorious playboy Eric Mitchell is going to be her hardest role ever. Yet she has no choice, for she desperately needs an edge in order to maintain her daytime diva status.
Eric Mitchell is a man in demand. First he was traded to save the New York Blades, and now the publicity department has loaned him out to help boost Monica Geary's career. What no one knows is that one of People magazine's hottest bachelors is also a closet soap opera fan. He's had his eyes on Monica for years—and can't wait to get his arms around her...
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"JUST THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE" by Julie James ISBN: 9780425224205 (BERKLEY)
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COOL. CALM. COLLECTED...
Nothing fazes Taylor Donovan. In the courtroom, she never lets the opposition see her sweat. In her personal life, she never lets any man rattle her-not even her cheating exfiance. So when she's assigned to coach People's "Sexiest Man Alive" for his next big legal drama, she refuses to fall for the Hollywood heartthrob's charms. Even if he is the Jason Andrews.
CONFIDENT. FAMOUS. IRRESISTIBLE...
Jason Andrews is used to having women fall at his feet. When Taylor Donovan gives him the cold shoulder, he's thrown for a loop. She's unlike any other woman he's ever met: uninterested in the limelight, seemingly immune to his advances, and shockingly capable of saying no to him. She's the perfect challenge. And the more she rejects him, the more he begins to realize she may just be his perfect match...
"A QUESTION OF GUILT" by Julianne Lee ISBN: 9780425223512 (BERKLEY)
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A rich, compelling novel that asks the question: Was Mary Stuart guilty of murder?
It is three days after the execution of Mary Stuart and the streets of London are buzzing with the news. But not everyone is convinced that the scandalized Queen of Scots was guilty of plotting against her cousin, Elizabeth I—or that she was involved in the murder of her husband, Henry Darnley.
Scottish-born Lady Janet de Ros, wife of a wealthy English merchant, thinks the ravishingly beautiful Mary was merely an innocent bystander, betrayed by the machinations of a disloyal court. Determined to uncover the truth, Janet travels from Fotheringhay Castle to Edinburgh, to pursue an investigation that, she will come to realize, could endanger her life—and bring disgrace to her very own family...
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"BOND OF DARKNESS" by Diane Whiteside ISBN: 9780425223543 (BERKLEY)
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For 150 years, Ethan Templeton has happily followed Don Rafael Perez, vampire patron of Texas. But now Ethan has fallen in love with Stephanie Darling—known as Steve—a Texas Ranger and mere mortal. Unfortunately, a future with Steve is impossible. Because if Ethan turns her into a vampire, the price is execution by Don Rafael—the only one allowed to create vampires in Texas.
But working together to stop a serial killer makes Ethan reconsider the price of forever, especially with Steve's life suddenly in danger. He can't help but think it's worth the gamble—especially if it means he'll save the life of the woman he loves. But will Steve agree—or will she refuse her one chance at eternal life, lust, and love?
"PROMISES REVEAL" by Sarah McCarty ISBN: 9780425224199 (BERKLEY)
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Dedicated artist Evie Washington doesn’t fancy herself the marrying kind. But the moment she admitted that her faceless portrait of a naked man was modeled on the devilishly handsome Reverend Swanson, the whole town assumed her innocence had been ruined. Now her family’s determined to save her reputation—even if it means taking away her hard-won freedom.
It's Brad “Shadow” Swanson's preacher status that's a pose—to avoid the law . Now he's been convicted of the one crime he didn’t commit. And if he doesn’t step up and marry Evie, he’ll have to admit his true identity and replace his collar with a noose. Of course, a life sentence in the spirited beauty’s bed wouldn’t exactly be torture—and it just might be the key to making an honest man out of him…
"WHERE THERE'S FIRE" by Maureen McKade ISBN: 9780425224212 (BERKLEY)
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Shattered by her mother's death—and the fact that the killer got off scot-free—Detective Shoni Alexander is prepared to take the law into her own hands. And she's determined that nothing will get in her way. Not her badge, not the big arson case she's been assigned, and definitely not the mysterious witness who seems to see right through her...
Amnesiac John McClane has been living in a deserted warehouse. When the building is torched, the gorgeous cop working the arson case stirs feelings he thought were gone for good. But little does he know that he's about to piece together a past better left forgotten—or that Shoni's desire for retribution will jeopardize the future he's imagining for them...
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